Accounting machine



`Allg. 6, 1929. E. SCHNElDER 1,723,891

ACCOUNTING MACHINE Aug. 6, 1929.

E SCHNEIDER l ACCOUNTING MACHINE Filed Aug. 3, 192'? 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

UNlTED `S'llei'lES maar EMIL SCHNEIDER, 035' MAILAND, I'ALY.

ACCOUNTEZNG MACHENE.

Application led August 3, 192'?, Serial No. 210,320, and in GermanyAugust 5, 1926.

The present invention relates to anew and improved accounting machineand more particularly to a machine oil the said type in which the lealof books, sheets, etc. to be written upon are removably clamped on afiat holder or support.

ln bookkeeping` certain words or combinations of words, numbers, orgroups ot numbers occur very frequently and the writing' thereofoccasions much loss of time.

The main object of the inve is to provide means which simplities thework oit the book keeper to obvia-te clerical errors.

l attain this and other objects by means ot a device which automaticallyprints words, numbers or certain groups et words and numbers on thesheets or leaves, the blocks stamps or types with the said words, etc.,being always ready to be pressed upon the sheets to obvia'te thecomposing,` ot letter types and the loss of time connected therewith.rlhe. device may be constructed in such a manner that the duplicatinglor maniolding of the entry in the top sheet is possible to `get with hutone impression a number et copies.

The details of the invention are set forth in the followingspecification andclaimsand are illustrated in the annexed drawing in adiagrammatical manner in wl'iich Fig. l is a sectional elevation of themachine,

Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line aot Fig'. l,

Figs. 3 6 show details of construction.

The machine shown comprises a table l having two guidegrooves 41-2, 42running` parallel to each other and in which a board 3 of a maniifoldingdevice is slidably arranged. The said manilolding device is known per seand comprises clips or clamps to hold the original entry sheet, thecarbon paper and the copy sheet. On the said table l a support 2 havingan arm extending over the said board 3, and below the table l andrigidly fixed thereto is an electric motor .5 ot any known construction.The motor 5 drives by means of a worm del and a worm wheel G a verticalshalt joui-nailed in the support 2. On the upper end ol' said verticalshaft 7 a bevel gear 8 is loosely mounted which is in mesh with a bevelgear 33 fixed to a horizontal shaft 13 rotatably mounted in thehorizontal extension of support 2. A. disk le which is rigidly fastenedto said shaft 13 carries a crank pin l5 which engages a vertical rod Belslidably mounted 'in the head 4l@ olf support 2. The rod 84: is providedwith a collar 85 which supports a printingl device l5. The device l5 comprises a casinglt in which a shalt 2Llis fixed. On the sha-lt 2e anumber of disks are arranged and on each disk a ring` 2G is rotatablymounted bearing' on its outer circumference letters, nlnnbeii's or signswhich are to be impressed. The rings 26 having angular cross-section areheld by the heads ot screws, screwed into the disks 2G. The innercircular 'face ot each ring 26 is provided with notches 418, one cr cachletter, etc., on the outer circmnlference. In a radial boro ot each disk2G a pin 2? is arranged which stands under the action of a coiled spring49 which keeps the pin 2T in engagement with one of the notches 48. Byapplyii'igj sn'l'licient stress on the ring 2G the resistance of thespring 27 may be overcome and 'the ringmay be turned on the disk 26. Thepin 27 however will retain the ringr 26 in its position and secure itagainstaccidental. .lisplacement- To enable the disk to be turned moreeasily a handle 29 is fixed thereto. Over disks 25 a cover 30 of sheetmetal is placed and lixed to the casing 16 and providcifl with a slot 50for each disk 25 through which slots 50 the handles 29 project. Thecover 30 is provided with letters, numbers, etc., corresponding* tothose attached to the rings 26. By adjusting the handle 29 opposite anumber on the edge of a slot the said ringl 26 is brought into such aposition that the same letter is iinpressed on the sheet by pressing thedevice l5 downwards. A type-writer ribbon runs over guide rollers 4&0and guide pieces 5l, the means to shift the ribbon are well known andare not shown in lthe drawings. Between a plate 3G screwed into the bodyportion of the device 15 and the collar 36 a spring,` 17 is arrangedwhich transmits the pressure from the rod Bel to the said body portion.Above the disks 25, 26 a dial plate 3l is fixed to the trame of thedevice and provided with devices, such as numbers, dates, weightamounts, order munbers, etc., corresponding to those on the adjacentdisks 2G. The handles 29 may be made in different colors to facilitatethe The disks 25, 2.6 are pressed on the sheer es of abook the crank pin45 may be male Working. The shaft 'i' and the bevel gear 8 are connectedby a friction clutch 12 of known construction which clutch may be thrownin and out of engagement by a foot lever (not shown in the drawing). Tosaid foot lever a rod l0 is attachee-; the upper end of the rod 10 islinked to one arm of a bell crank lever 11 pivotally mounted on a studof the support 2. To the second arm of said lever l1 a bolt 37 is linkedwhich projects in th path of an arm 38 on one of the clnteh members. Bypressing on the foot lever the bolt 37 is drawn out of the path of armS8 and the clutch transmits the otation of shrf" 'hat the crank il.

7 to the bevel gear 8 so i5 reclprocates the rod 34.

ribbon not only on the top sheet, but a's on the copy sheet. The footlever when fie returns the bolt 87 to its initial position and the gear8 is arrested. To adjustvthe device to Write on thin 'sheets or on theleavfy and an impression is made by means of the adjustable in radialdirection on the disk 14. VHheV spring 17 absorbs shocks. Vtt-r eachimpression the board 2S is shifted exactly for one line to get theimpression on consecutive lines of the sheet-,ete The board 3 isrprovided With rack 22 With which a spur Wheel 21 is in engagement. rlheWheel 21 is keyed to av shaft 53 journa-lled in hearings of the table 1..i1 set of bevel gears 20 connects shaft 53 with a vertical shaft l1 anda' second pair of bevel gears 19 connects shaft l1 to a shaft 54e onWhich a ratchet Wheel 18 is keyed. Arm 38 of clutch 12 forms a paivlcooperating with said Wheel 18. On each turn of the Crank disk 14 the.shafts 54', l1 and 53 make part of full rotation suflicient to advancethe board 3 with the sheet or leaf thereon for one line.

The book keeper in Writing the bills on the original sheet uses theprinting device, as often as the Words or phrases appear in the entry tobe made and he has only to add the additional Words for changing eachentry. A. great saving of time is therefore obtained.

That I Wish to secure by U. S. Letters Patent is 1. In a machine of theclass described, a table, a standard thereon having a horizontal arm, avertical shaft revolubly mounted in said standard, a horizontal shaftrevolubly mounted in said arm having a crank at the enter end, gearsconnect: said shafts together, one of said ars bemg fixed to its 'haftand the other being loose on its shaft,

clutch to lock the loose gear to its shaftI t "will, means to rotatesaid vertical shaft, board mounted slidably on said table and g a rack,a. shaft geared to the vertical shalt and having a pinion engaging saideek, a vertically reciproeatory member mounted in the horizontal arm andengage: by the pin of the crank, and printing mechanism attached to andvertically movable by said vertically reeiprocatory member.

2. A machine as claimed in claim 1 in -which the printing mechanismcomprises :L casing, a fixed shaft extendingv across the casing. aplurality of discs free to turn on said shaft, a printing ring revolubleon the periphery of each dise and having internal ratchet. teeth, eachof said discs having spring pressen pawls to engage the teeth of therings and secure. them against casual rotation, and means to ink theprinting characters on the outer periphery of said printine' rings.

in Witness whereof I ailix my signature.

EMIL SCHNEIDER.

